by Forest Parks | Feb 16, 2016 | News
Jacquin Niles is an associate professor of biological engineering at MIT. His lab pioneers research in the area of Malaria, a disease that was reported to have killed 627k people in 2012 (with 80% being in sub saharan Africa). However Niles is also looking at a way to...
by Forest Parks | Feb 16, 2016 | Business
There is so much happening in the black community in regards to business and tech right now. These typically white dominated areas are finally being broken up as black stars rise in the ranks and are producing astounding results. The Huffington Post took time to...
by Forest Parks | Feb 15, 2016 | Celebrities, News
Denise ‘Vanity’ Matthews has sadly passed away at age 57 as confirmed by a number of people including MC Hammer. The Canadian singer was probably most well known for being a singer in Prince’s Vanity 6 group while she dated the star. She was also supposed to...
by Koba | Feb 15, 2016 | Celebrities
One thing that we have learned from the Beyonce SuperBowl performance is that white people still and will forever have an “entitlement” problem. They truly believe in their hearts that everything should revolve around them. In their minds, they still think...
by Koba | Feb 15, 2016 | Celebrities
Chicago has been a hot topic for the black community for the past couple of years. It has been dubbed as “Chi-Raq”. Chicago has been dealing with police brutality as officers have been murdering black boys for no apparent reason. If this wasn’t...
by Koba | Feb 15, 2016 | Celebrities
Not many lessons can be learned by a young boy while being at the NBA All-Star game. It is purely for entertainment purposes and there are a lot of “adult” things that typically happen at these type of functions. However, I’m thoroughly impressed...
by Koba | Feb 15, 2016 | Celebrities
Serena is honored by the rare opportunity she has to use her global platform to assist others through monetary donations, lending a voice, and/or working in partnership with existing nonprofit organizations in both the United States and around the world, according to...
by Koba | Feb 15, 2016 | Celebrities
Kanye West’s longtime songwriting collaborator Rhymefest, who has worked on songs including “Jesus Walks” and “New Slaves,” tweeted on Friday that he stopped working with West last month and that the rapper needs counseling. Rhymefest, who’s real name is Che Smith,...
by Forest Parks | Feb 15, 2016 | Celebrities, News
Kanye West took to his Twitter on Saturday to ask for serious help with what seems like an extreme amount of debt. In what seems like a moment of madness or complete satire West claimed $53 million of personal debt and asked for Mark Zuckerberg and Larry Page to...
by Forest Parks | Feb 15, 2016 | News, Politics News
Maryland governer Larry Hogan vetoed a bill which would allow 40,000 felons currently on parole or probation to vote, a sad dehumanization of members of society who should have the right to be a part of their own future, in my opinion. And luckily other members of...